This web page contains a photographic record of a trip to Costa Rica in November 2011. The images are roughly in chronolgical order of our journey from the Capital, San Jose, to the wetlands of Tortuguero on the Caribbean coast then via the rain and cloud forests surrounding Sarapiqui and Monteverde to Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Coast. A total of one hundred and forty new bird species were recorded during this 15 night adventure.

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Sunday 11 December 2011

Cherrie's/Passerini's Tanager

Cherrie's Tanager, female

Cherrie's Tanager, female

Cherrie's Tanager, female
 Cherrie's Tanager, male
Passerini's Tanager, female
Passerini's Tanager, male.

Passerini's and Cherrie's Tanagers were formerly considered conspecific and known as Scarlet-rumped Tanagers. The males are virtually identical, but the female Cherrie's is differentiated by its bright orange breast and rump. The Passerini's is a resident of the Caribbean lowlands and the Cherrie's is resident in the Southern Pacific lowlands and foothills. There is no range overlap.

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